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AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC SCHOOLS; AMENDING THE PUBLIC SCHOOL FINANCE ACT; REQUIRING SCHOOL DISTRICTS AND CHARTER SCHOOLS TO REPORT MEMBERSHIP ESTIMATES OF STUDENTS TO BE ENROLLED AS DISTANCE LEARNING STUDENTS; REQUIRING SCHOOL DISTRICTS AND CHARTER SCHOOLS TO MAINTAIN CERTAIN RECORDS REGARDING STUDENTS ENROLLED IN A DISTANCE LEARNING PROGRAM; EXCLUDING A SCHOOL DISTRICT'S MEMBERSHIP OF STUDENTS ENROLLED IN DISTANCE LEARNING PROGRAMS FROM THE CALCULATION FOR SIZE ADJUSTMENT PROGRAM UNITS; AMENDING THE STATEWIDE CYBER ACADEMY ACT AND RENAMING THAT ACT THE "DISTANCE LEARNING ACT"; REMOVING EXISTING DEFINITIONS AND DEFINING NEW TERMS IN THE PUBLIC SCHOOL FINANCE ACT AND THE DISTANCE LEARNING ACT; REMOVING THE REQUIREMENT THAT THE STATEWIDE CYBER ACADEMY BE A COLLABORATIVE PROGRAM; PROVIDING ALL-NEW REQUIREMENTS FOR SCHOOL DISTRICTS AND CHARTER SCHOOLS THAT OPERATE DISTANCE LEARNING PROGRAMS; PLACING RESTRICTIONS ON STUDENT ENROLLMENT IN DISTANCE LEARNING PROGRAMS AND PROVIDING EXCEPTIONS; CLARIFYING THE REQUIREMENTS OF SCHOOL DISTRICTS AND CHARTER SCHOOLS REGARDING DISTANCE LEARNING AND STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES; REQUIRING PUBLIC EDUCATION DEPARTMENT EVALUATION OF DISTANCE LEARNING PROGRAMS; MAKING CONFORMING AMENDMENTS; ENACTING TEMPORARY PROVISIONS RELATING TO THE PUBLIC SCHOOL FINANCE ACT; ENACTING TEMPORARY PROVISIONS RELATING TO THE DISTANCE LEARNING ACT; REPEALING SECTION HEC/HB 253/a/ec 22-30-8 NMSA 1978 (BEING LAWS 2007, CHAPTER 292, SECTION 7 AND LAWS 2007, CHAPTER 293, SECTION 7); DECLARING AN EMERGENCY.

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Joy Garratt (D)*,  Susan Herrera (D),  Bill Soules (D), 

Signed by Governor - Chapter 8 - Feb. 25 (on 02/25/2026)

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